Re: driving copper pipe

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi,

There is "real" ground rod!  Thick copper coated 1/2" hard steel.  I like 
to sharpen the end far sharper than it comes from the store.  Any 
electrical supply house will have it as do many big home stores.  Don't use 
soft copper pipe unless your ground is like peat moss or you have a house 
boat ;o))  Just call around for ground rod.  I think Radio Shack also has it.

I pound it into the Colorado clay as far as possible and cut off what is 
left sticking up.  They are six feet long and I have been known to cut off 
four feet :o))

Las Vegas has some kind of cement like soil called kalika (sp) that makes 
clay look like butter!!

Cheers,

         Terry


At 04:54 PM 6/1/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>I'm sure many of you know how hard it is to drive long pieces of copper 
>pipe into hard ground to make an RF ground, such as my yard which has a 
>lot of clay in it.  I was wondering if it would be alright to fill a 5' 
>piece of .5" or .75" copper pipe with quick cement to make it sturdy 
>enough to pound into the ground.  If not what other method could I use to 
>get the pipe into the ground?